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军旅 (jūn lǚ) — troops, armies; military life, military service

Definition

A literary term for military life and service — soldiers, army experience, or the armed forces as a career. Pairs naturally with 生活 or 经历 to mean 'a life in the army'.

noun
troopsarmiesmilitary lifemilitary service

Examples

  • 军旅。
    Tā xiě le yì běn guān yú jūn lǚ shēng huó de shū.
    He wrote a book about military life.
  • 军旅。
    Zhè duàn jūn lǚ jīng lì ràng wǒ xué huì le hěn duō.
    This period of military service taught me a lot.
  • 军旅。
    Hěn duō zuò jiā xǐ huan xiě jūn lǚ tí cái de xiǎo shuō.
    Many writers like to write novels with military themes.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

军jūnarmy
旅lǚbrigade

军旅 joins 军, army, and 旅, brigade, as parallel military terms for troops and military life.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

Open 军 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

旅 combines 㫃, a flag, and 从, two people, to show troops or a brigade.

Open 旅 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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